Drama Movies 2017 List

With Amanda Seyfried • Shirley MacLaine • Anne Heche • Stuart Fink • Dan Steinman • Tom Everett Scott • Philip Baker Hall • Mark Pellington • Danny Roth • Damiano Tucci • Thomas Sadowski • Andrew Karpen

Shirley MacLaine plays a retired businesswoman who wants to control everything around her, including her own obituary, so she writes her own to ensure her life story is told her way. Amanda Seyfried portrays a young writer at the local newspaper who takes up the task of finding out the truth about MacLaine’s character —resulting in a reawakening of passions for MacLaine’s character, and a life altering friendship for Seyfried’s.

With Sam Worthington • Radha Mitchell • Octavia Spencer • Tim McGraw • Graham Greene • Ryan Robbins • Alice Braga • Avraham Aviv Alush • John Fusco • Stuart Hazeldine • Megan Charpentier • Gill Netter • Gage Munroe • Amelie Eve

The Shack takes us on a father’s uplifting spiritual journey. After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips [Sam Worthington] spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa [Octavia Spencer]. Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever.

With Zoey Deutch • Elena Kampouris • Logan Miller • Diego Boneta • Jennifer Beals • Jon Shestack • Matt Kaplan • Halston Sage • Kian Lawley • Gina Prince-Bythewood • Brian Robbins • Maria Maggenti • Carla Hacken • Ginny Pennekam • Ry Russo-Young • Cynthy Wu • Medalion Rahimi

What if you had only one day to change absolutely everything? Samantha Kingston has everything: the perfect friends, the perfect guy, and a seemingly perfect future. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, Sam wakes up with no future at all. Trapped reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was. As she begins to untangle the mystery of a life suddenly derailed, she must also unwind the secrets of the people closest to her, and discover the power of a single day to make a difference, not just in her own life, but in the lives of those around her—before she runs out of time for good.

With Zazie Beetz • Carla Gugino • Michael Shannon • Bart Freundlich • Taylor John Smith

Anthony (Taylor John Smith) is a standout player on his Manhattan high school’s basketball team with seemingly everything going for him: a killer three-point shot, a loving girlfriend (Zazie Beetz), and a chance at a scholarship to Cornell. But Anthony’s dreams of playing college ball are jeopardized by his volatile father (Michael Shannon), a hard-drinking writer whose compulsive gambling threatens to derail the lives of both his wife (Carla Gugino) and son. Though it goes against his nature, Anthony must summon the strength to step out from his father’s shadow and reclaim his future.

With Dakota Fanning • Emilia Jones • Guy Pearce • Kit Harington • Carice van Houten • Martin Koolhoven • Els Vandevorst

A triumphant epic of survival and a tale of powerful womanhood and resistance against the unforgiving cruelty of a hell on earth. Our heroine is Liz (Dakota Fanning), carved from the beautiful wilderness, full of heart and grit, hunted by a vengeful Preacher (Guy Pearce) - a diabolical zealot and her twisted nemesis. But Liz is a genuine survivor; she's no victim - a woman of fearsome strength who responds with astonishing bravery to claim the better life she and her daughter deserve.

With Shannon Elizabeth • John O'Hurley • Michael A. Nickles • Karl Theobald • Renos Haralambidis • Manos Gavras

Following a meltdown that leads to a suspension, professional golfer Zoe Papadopoulos travels to her grandparents' village in Greece to escape the harsh spotlight of the international sports world. Between baking bread and eating baklava, she meets and mentors a ten-year-old girl who is determined - against all odds - to become the next golf sensation. Along the way, Zoe rediscovers her Greek heritage, her love of the game, and the hidden strength within herself as she inspires the townspeople in an epic showdown against a greedy American developer.

With Joe Alwyn • Jim Broadbent • Emily Mortimer • Charlotte Rampling • Harriet Walter • Billy Howle • Michelle Dockery • David Thompson • Ritesh Batra • Nick Payne • Freya Mavor

Tony Webster (Broadbent) leads a reclusive and quiet existence until long-buried secrets from his past force him to face the flawed recollections of his younger self, the truth about his first love (Rampling) and the devastating consequences of decisions made a lifetime ago.

With Jeremy Irvine • Tom Wilkinson • Andrew Scott • Jessica Brown Findlay • Andrea Iervolino • Anna Chancellor • Kami Naghdi • Simon Aboud • Monika Barcardi • Christine Alderson • Matt Treadwell

A contemporary fairy tale revolving around the most unlikely of friendships between a reclusive, agoraphobic young woman with dreams of being a children’s book author and a curmudgeonly old widower. Bella Brown is a beautifully quirky young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children’s book. Despite her abandonment as a child, the all consuming OCD, the unfulfilled dream, her awful boss at the library and her paralyzing fear of flora and fauna, Bella is down but not out. She has a spark, an edge, a talent and a voice that we can feel from the get go. This girl has a preternatural survival instinct, having been found in Hyde Park in the middle of winter as a baby. When Bella is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets her nemesis, match and mentor in Alfie Stephenson, a cantankerous, loveless, rich old man who lives next door. and is an amazing horticulturalist.

With Trevante Rhodes • Alfre Woodard • Nafessa Williams • Octavious J. Johnson • Malik Bazille • Tosin Cole • Christine Berg • Steve Harris • Gerard McMurray • Trevor Jackson • DeRon Horton

A journey of fraternity pledging through the eyes of one favored pledgee, who is torn between honoring a code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.

With Pierre Niney • Francois Ozon • Paula Beer

In a small German town after World War I, Anna mourns daily at the grave of her fiancé Frantz, killed in battle in France. One day a young Frenchman, Adrien, also lays flowers at the grave. His presence so soon after the German defeat ignites passions.

A film about why life can feel like it's passing us by. Chronicling the unraveling of Steven Bassem (Saleh), a valet driver for a trendy Los Angeles restaurant caught between his dead-end job and the demands of his Arab-American immigrant family.

With Emma Watson • Emma Thompson • Luke Evans • Ian McKellen • Josh Gad • Ewan McGregor • David Hoberman • Gugu Mbatha-Raw • Dan Stevens • Bill Condon • Evan Spiliotopoulos • Kevin Kline • Audra McDonald • Todd LIeberman • Stephen Chbosky • Don Hahn • Jeffrey Silver • Joe Ahearne • Nathan Mack • Thomas Schumacher

Beauty and the Beast is the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within.

With Oliver Hirschbiegel • Christian Friedel • Johann von Bülow • Burghart Klaußner • Fred Breinersdorfer • Katharina Schüttler

During Hitler's anniversary speech on November 8, 1939, a man is arrested on the Swiss border for possession of suspicious objects. Just minutes later, a bomb explodes in the Munich Bürgerbräukeller, immediately behind the Führer's lectern, killing eight people.The man is Georg Elser (Christian Friedel), a carpenter from Königsbronn in the Swabia region.When a map of the site of the assault and detonators are found on him, he is sent to the head of the Criminal Police in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt,Arthur Nebe (Burghart Klaussner) and the head of the Gestapo, Heinrich Müller (Johann von Bülow) to be questioned. From them, Elser learns that his attempt has failed – that the man he wanted to kill in order to stop the bloodshed of the World War that had just begun, has left the Bürgerbräukeller 13 MINUTES before the explosion.

With Victor Ezenfis • Mathieu Amalric • Eugène Green • Fabrizio Rongione • Natacha Régnier

A nativity story reboot that gently skewers French cultural pretensions, it features newcomer Victor Ezenfis as a discontented Parisian teenager in search of a father with Mathieu Amalric and Fabrizio Rongione as his, respectively, callous and gentle alternative paternal options, and Natacha Régnier as his single mother.

With Kirin Kiki • Yoko Maki • Hirokazu Kore-eda • Hiroshi Abe • Taiyô Yoshizawa

A once successful author now working as a private detective gambles away his money and tries to reconnect with his estranged family.

With Ryan Gosling • Cate Blanchett • Benicio Del Toro • Christian Bale • Natalie Portman • Rooney Mara • Val Kilmer • Holly Hunter • Haley Bennett • Michael Fassbender • Terrence Malick

In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye (Rooney Mara) and BV (Ryan Gosling), and music mogul Cook (Michael Fassbender) and the waitress whom he ensnares (Natalie Portman) — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.

With Josh Pence • Patrick Davis • Lisa Vidal • Brandon Dickerson • Thomas Ward

In the early 1960s, Victor Torres and his family moved to Brooklyn, New York from their native Puerto Rico in search of a new life. The American dream quickly fades as they face a life of want in their adopted home. As a new recruit in a street gang, a teenage Victor embarks on a lucrative new drug-trafficking business in an attempt to help his struggling family. Victor is quickly enslaved by drug use, and his parents, Manuel and Lila, desperately search to find a way to help their son. A faith-based rehabilitation program is their last chance to rescue Victor.

With Laura Dern • Woody Harrelson • Cheryl Hines • Judy Greer • Mary Jane Skalski • Craig Johnson • Isabella Amara • Dan Clowes

Woody Harrelson stars as Wilson, a lonely, neurotic and hilariously honest middle-aged misanthrope who reunites with his estranged wife (Laura Dern) and gets a shot at happiness when he learns he has a teenage daughter (Isabelle Amara) he has never met. In his uniquely outrageous and slightly twisted way, he sets out to connect with her.

With Sam Neill • Jack Lowden • Peter Mullan • Pamela Marin • Max Deacon • Ian Pirie • James Smillie • Ophelia Lovibond • Jason Connery • Peter Ferdinando • Kevin Cook • Paul Reid

Tommy's Honor is the true story of the rough-and-tumble founding of modern golf. Set in 19th-century Scotland, the film dramatizes the love and rivalry between Tom Morris and his son Tommy -- who marries a woman with a dark secret.

With Hunter Adams • Ted Levine • Samantha Isler • Danny Goldring • Ann Sonneville • and Troy Ruptash

After 13-year-old Jacqueline Mather (Samantha Isler) loses her brother in a mysterious drowning accident she is soon visited by 3 moonshiners who offer to bring her brother back to life, but at a grim cost. As the dark history of her grandfather, Sheriff Waterhouse (Ted Levine) is unearthed, the true intentions of the moonshiners come to light.

With Jose Conseco • Michael Irvin • Chris Staples • Porter Maberry • Rafal Lipinski • Alexia Hall • Tim Chey

Wrongfully accused and sent to prison, a former basketball star prepares for the national slam dunk competition while finding redemption in himself and in those he loves.

With Jessica Chastain • Daniel Brühl • Michael McElhatton • Niki Caro • Kim Zubick • Goran Kostic • Angela Workman • Michael Tollin • Robbie Tollin • Diane Levin • Iddo Goldberg • Johan Heldenbergh • Shira Haas • Efrat Dor

The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabińska (portrayed by two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh), have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are stunned – and forced to report to the Reich’s newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck (Daniel Brühl). To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the Resistance – and put into action plans to save lives out of what has become the Warsaw Ghetto, with Antonina putting herself and even her children at great risk.

With Guillaume Canet • Danièle Thompson • Guillaume Gallienne • Alice Pol

With Jean-Pierre Leaud • Irène Silvagni • Olivier Cadiot • Gabriel Wanner • Albert Serra • Patrick d'Assumçao • Marc Susini • Bernard Belin • Jacques Henric • Vicenç Altaió • Philippe Crespeau

Versailles, August 1715. Back from hunting, Louis XIV—magisterially interpreted by New Wave icon and honorary Palme d’Or recipient Jean-Pierre Léaud—feels pain in his leg. A serious fever erupts, which marks the beginning of the agony of the greatest King of France. Surrounded by a horde of doctors and his closest counselors who come in turns at his bedside sensing the impending power vacuum, the Sun King struggles to run the country from his bed. Based on extensive medical records and the memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon and other courtiers, The Death of Louis XIV is a wry neoclassical chamber drama, a work of pure magic by Albert Serra, one of today’s most singular directors.

With Lakeith Stanfield • Robert Wisdom • Dree Hemingway • Leonard Earl How • Sam Dillon

Following a devastating loss, Nadine and Lewis retreat to a small Bahamian island where Nadine's family has kept a house for many years. As they try to heal and move forward with their relationship, the community on the island shows signs of unraveling -- with the island's mayor, Roy, squaring off against Doughboy, a human trafficker who manipulates the impressionable homeless teenager Myron into assisting with his smuggling operation.